Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia saw increases in moderate (D1) drought areas where continued rainfall deficits, combined with warm weather, dried out soils and reduced streamflow. Northeastĭrought persisted or expanded across much of the Northeast. Drought expanded in the Northwest as warm, dry conditions continued across the region, while the Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast saw a mix of improvements and degradations due to locally heavy rain. The North American Monsoon also continued to provide much-needed rainfall in the Southwest, leading to additional improvements across much of the region. CoCoRaHS is short for Community Collaborative Rain Hail & Snow Network, and it’s based out of Colorado.įor more information, or to join the CoCoRaHS community, visit drought improvements continued across parts of the South for the second week in a row as the ongoing effects of record-setting rainfall over the last two weeks became apparent. In addition to the readings from the road commission, Salzwedel said NOAA would be very interested in having a similar reading from a CoCoRaHS observer. Snow gauges are out in the open, which can mean trudging through drifts to reach them. “With snow and winter observation, it takes perseverance and dedication,” Salzwedel said. Readings are done at the same time each day, and it takes a disciplined sort of person to commit to that. Snow measurements are not simply taken with a ruler, but also through melting each snow reading to measure its water content. As of Monday, February 21, Newberry had received a rough estimate of 75 inches of snow this winter. Snowfall observations for Newberry are now recorded by the Luce County Road Commission. Newberry expected to receive just a few inches.
“The wind was blowing out of the south.”Īs for the expected major snow event this week, winds from the west dropped 16 inches of snow at the National Weather Service in Negaunee in just 24 hours, with another 16 inches of snow expected to accumulate by the end of today. “You had help off of Lake Michigan out of that storm,” Bohnak said. Village residents saw that last week, after weather forecasts predicted a few inches of snow here on Friday, but a bombshell of more than 12 inches fell instead. Airflow over those Great Lakes can cause an unexpected amount of snow to fall in Newberry. Meteorologist Karl Bohnak said Lake Superior is only about 35% frozen over as of this week, and Lake Michigan isn’t frozen over, either. Though the snowfall this winter doesn’t exceed the norm, it has been difficult to predict. “That frequently happens in the Newberry area, and across the whole U.P., especially the north half.” “If you’re under one of those narrow bands of snow, it can be like a wall of snow or a curtain of snow,” Salzwedel said. Jim Salzwedel, NOAA observation program leader in Marquette, said the lakes create bands of snow that function like roads to direct snow right onto Newberry at times.
The snow that’s landing on us is coming from Lake Superior and sometimes Lake Michigan, Michels said. It’s also not matching up with the pre-season Farmer’s Almanac prediction, which called for a warmer, wetter winter. “It might seem like it’s been a more harsh winter than it has been.” “I think what’s striking a lot of people is the fact that last year was pretty low for snowfall totals, and quieter than normal,” he said. That’s what has made this year look excessively snowy, he said. “The last couple winters we’ve had have been very different. “This is actually kind of a normal winter,” said Greg Michels, meteorologist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Marquette. Though it seems like this is more snow than we’ve had for decades, it’s not. Easing through intersections requires a slow roll and a careful peek. Stop signs appear to be held up solely by snow. Business signs, like at the Secretary of State office, are buried.
Last week’s shock-and-awe snowfall came during an already very snowy winter in the Tahquamenon area.
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